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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What year does Stoner note the Nazis engaging in the Spanish Civil War in the book?
(a) 1939.
(b) 1942.
(c) 1937.
(d) 1940.

2. Who helps Walker throughout his oral examination?
(a) Lomax.
(b) Masters.
(c) Sloane.
(d) Finch.

3. What is Stoner certain of regarding Katherine when he realizes he has feelings for her?
(a) She is too old.
(b) She is too young.
(c) She isn't interested in him.
(d) She is in love with him.

4. How many seminars are students required to take to finish a doctorate at Stoner's university?
(a) 4.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

5. How does Stoner find Katherine when he goes to visit her after hearing she was sick?
(a) Happy.
(b) Excited.
(c) Desperately unhappy.
(d) Curious.

6. How is the weather outside described when Stoner has his first out-of-body experience?
(a) Snowy.
(b) Cloudy.
(c) Sunny.
(d) Rainy.

7. What do Stoner and Katherine begin at the end of Chapter XII?
(a) A friendship.
(b) A working relationship.
(c) A love affair.
(d) A bitter rivalry.

8. What is the name of the head of the freshman English department that complains to Lomax about Stoner?
(a) Walker.
(b) Holland.
(c) Ehrhardt.
(d) Frye.

9. Who arrives late for Stoner's seminar in Chapter IX?
(a) Katherine Driscoll.
(b) Hollis Lomax.
(c) Charles Walker.
(d) Ed Frye.

10. How does Lomax react when Stoner refuses to pass Walker?
(a) Slightly upset.
(b) Happy.
(c) Indifferent.
(d) Livid.

11. How long is Stoner and Katherine's only trip away together?
(a) 2 weeks.
(b) 3 days.
(c) A month.
(d) A week.

12. Who does Edith begin using against Stoner after her father's death?
(a) Katherine.
(b) Grace.
(c) Ed.
(d) David.

13. What does Stoner say when Finch asks him if he wants to be the new director of the English department?
(a) He accepts.
(b) He laughs.
(c) He asks for time to think.
(d) He doesn't want the job.

14. Which of the following excuses does Stoner not use to see Katherine after helping her with her schoolwork in Chapter XII?
(a) Helps with translations.
(b) Gives her books.
(c) Offers advice for her dissertation.
(d) Brings her lunch.

15. How does Katherine react after Stoner tells her he could lose his job by being with her?
(a) Upset.
(b) Indifferent.
(c) Worried.
(d) Happy.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Stoner initially react to Walker's oral examination?

2. What word does the person helping Walker with his oral examination use when interrupting?

3. What does Stoner say opposed him and Katherine being together and that they were proving wrong?

4. What does Stoner come down with in Chapter XIV?

5. How does Walker react to Stoner when he is threatened to be failed in his seminar?

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